FUN-travel: Good ole US of A! – St. Augustine, FL
June 23, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 2 – Savannah to St. Augustine, FL – drive 177 miles
Good News – parked on the main street – A1A – and fed parking meter $4.50 for 3 hours – takes credit cards – you don’t need to pay $10 in the visitor’s lot.
- 1:50 – lunch
FUN-food – Meehan’s Irish Pub – recommended by the tourist booth 2 blks down – food arrives fresh daily (no microwave, no freezer) and good! mussels & entrée salad +2 ice teas = $39.00
- 2:45 – stroll through historic city includes:
- Original city wall
- Colonial Quarter – a 2 acre living museum depicting life in the 1740s when it was ruled by Spain
- Old City – lots of shops, restaurants & bars
- Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
- Castillo de San Marcos – oldest masonry fort out on the water – in really great shape
- Really pretty, well maintained city w/grand architecture & landscaping
- 4:45 – drive off for Palm Coast
- 6:15 – arrive Hampton Inn
- 7:30 – dinner @Tomato Pie – in strip mall – good Italian food & pizza
FUN-facts – St. Augustine is the oldest city in the US – founded in 1565 – and is the next best thing to going to Spain without the jet lag. It is very well preserved and has lots of shops and restaurants.
More FF – We stopped here on our way down from Savannah to the Palm Coast for my speaking engagement for the Florida CMAA Chapter.
Lesson Learned – Always check alternative airports. It was actually cheaper to fly into Savannah and out of Orlando than to fly round trip to Jacksonville.